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Subscribe to this threadYour oil dollars at work - $9.8 million license plate auction in the UAE
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dosahut @ May 6th 2008 10:35AM
License plates, plus guns and bombs for terrorists. That's what our big SUVs and gas guzzling sports cars help buy.
Mobius_1 @ May 6th 2008 12:36PM
"Guns and bombs for terrorists"
Karma
CarlosMC @ May 6th 2008 2:48PM
If they wanted to be terrorists, they'd just need to shut their oil pumps, you know...
TwinTurbo3000GT @ May 6th 2008 3:20PM
let them waste their money if they want to waste their money. who the f*ck cares? you people are probably the same rejects that obcess over celebrities and spend your time complaining about all manner of different things on the internet. Live your own damn life and stay the hell out of everyone else's. If i buy something from you, its none of my business what you do with the money, you can turn around and burn it for all i care. And when i buy gas, i dont care what the money goes for, just as long as theres no water in it. If terrorists want guns they are going to get guns, whether we buy gas or not. That's why we spend money on r&d to make damned sure our soldiers have better guns than they do.
chad.dawkins @ May 6th 2008 4:36PM
That is so stupid. The LAST thing these guys want is to support terrorism. They make money hand over fist from Americans so why would they want to do anything to destory this country? So to assume every Arab(or even most) is a terrorist is both illogical and racist.
dosahut @ May 6th 2008 5:24PM
Yup, no connection whatsoever....
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/031215/15terror.htm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2801017.ece
Granted, these articles are mainly about Saudi Arabia, but I think the general connection between huge oil profits for Arab countries (and Iran) and their ability to help fund the spread of a radical/militant form of Islam is pretty clear. So gas guzzle away. It's our soldiers that are paying the true price.
hydrogenvodka @ May 7th 2008 1:50AM
Not quite, with terrorism, oil prices rise, and more license-plates for these facial haired folks.
CarlosMC @ May 7th 2008 8:46PM
Didt it ever occured to anyone that there could've been a better reason for the auction than just plain vanity?
From the previous one, which raised 14 mi., just for license "1":
"Proceeds from the auction go toward building a specialized emergency hospital in the U.A.E."
Yeap:
(http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&refer=home&sid=aJ8EZTdrItjs)